Asheville Cancels Feb. 5 Agenda Briefing and Feb. 10 Council Meeting

The City of Asheville’s official City Council agenda page posted a prominent cancellation notice removing the Feb. 5 agenda briefing and the Feb. 10 formal council meeting from the calendar. The page, last updated or reviewed on January 28, 2026, displays the notice in capital letters: "THE AGENDA BRIEFING ON FEBRUARY 5 AND THE CITY COUNCIL FORMAL MEETING ON FEBRUARY 10 HAVE BEEN CANCELLED."

The cancellation appears alongside other February scheduling entries, including a remote Agenda Briefing Worksession for the Feb. 24 formal meeting and in-person worksessions and a formal meeting on Feb. 24. The agenda page lists the remote item exactly as posted: "Agenda Briefing Worksession (For the Formal Meeting – February 24) February 19, 2026 – 11:00 a.m. (Public comment is not accepted at worksessions) Remote." It likewise posts the in-person Policy, Finance & Infrastructure worksession as "CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION ON POLICY, FINANCE & INFRASTRUCTURE (Public comment is not accepted at worksessions) Tuesday, February 24, 2026- 3:00 p.m. Council Chamber – City Hall – 70 Court Plaza [...]," and the formal meeting entry as "Formal Meeting Tuesday, February 24, 2026 – 5:00 p.m. Council Chamber- 2nd Floor of City Hall Agenda." The page notes accessibility features: "Hearing Loop technology for assistive listening is available in Council Chambers."

The agenda page cites state meeting statutes when describing public access options, stating "Pursuant to North Carolina General Statute § 143-318.13 this will be a remote worksession which the public can access by any of the following means found at" and "Pursuant to North Carolina General Statute § 143-318.10 this will be an in-person worksession which the public can access by any of the following means found at." The page also asks users to monitor updates, warning "Please note: Agenda items are current at time of posting. Items may be changed, updated or added after initial posting. Please refresh your computer to see any revisions." A separate notice on the page reads "EVERYTHING BELOW IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION [...] # EVERYTHING BELOW IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION."

City officials did not post an explanation for the cancellations on the agenda page. No provided sources link the cancellations to the winter-storm related operational changes reported for Feb. 2, 2026, and the city’s official calendar is the authoritative record for meeting status. Council business that has recently moved forward includes actions recorded at the Jan. 27 formal meeting, where Mayor Esther E. Manheimer presided and the council adopted unanimously a range of measures including subrecipient agreements for small-business recovery and a federal request for funding for a comprehensive water system resiliency project. The Jan. 27 roll call listed Vice-Mayor S. Antanette Mosley, Councilman Bo Hess, Councilwoman Kim Roney, Councilwoman Sheneika Smith, Councilwoman Maggie Ullman, City Manager DK Wesley, City Attorney Brad Branham, and City Clerk Magdalen Burleson as present, with Councilwoman Sage Turner absent.

For residents following council business, the city’s standard practice is to post agendas the Friday before a meeting and to provide viewing options on Charter/Spectrum Channel 193 and via the city’s online streams and YouTube archive. Meeting transcripts and some archival materials may be behind a paywall on third-party services; one paywalled transcript snippet attributes the line "Mayor Esther Manheimer welcomes participants to the agenda briefing work session for the city of Asheville."

What happens next: the city’s agenda page still lists a Feb. 19 remote briefing and Feb. 24 in-person sessions, and residents should refresh the official agenda page for updates. For confirmation or an official statement, contact the City Clerk’s Office at 828-259-5601 or email mburleson@ashevillenc.gov.